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Colour Printing Guidelines
Some colours may not meet your expectation.
While we make every effort to print your digital artwork as accurately as we can, sometimes issues outside of our control mean that the colour print may not be exactly as you expect.
Why is this?
Toner Colours - Colour printers use a combination of Cyan, Yellow, Magenta & Black (CMYK) toner to create colours. If your file uses CMYK to create your colour you will get a good result.
Screen Colours - All computer screens use a combination of Red, Green & Blue (RGB) to create colours. If your file uses RGB it has to be converted to CMYK when the file is printed, as colour printers use a combination of CMYK toner to create colours. This process can cause the colour to shift and may give an unsatisfactory result.
Software - Software controls the mixing of colours and some software is more suitable for colour control than others. If you want greater control over colour you must use software that you can reproduce in CMYK such as Adobe InDesign, QuarkXpress, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop or CorelDraw.
Microsoft Word, PowerPoint & Excel have limited control over colour and should not be used when colour is critical.
What you can do
- Tell us what software program has been used to create the file.
- Let us know before we print the job how critical the colour accuracy is.
What we can do
- Our graphic designer can design the job for you using the most appropriate software.
- Provide you with a colour proof for sign-off prior to printing.
- Advise you of the cost and time to manually convert an RGB file to CMYK.
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